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The Best Party ((アイスランド語:Besti flokkurinn)) was an Icelandic political party founded by Jón Gnarr on 16 November 2009. The party ran in the 2010 city council election in Reykjavík and won a plurality on the Reykjavík City Council, receiving 34.7% of the vote, defeating the Independence Party which received 33.6%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kosningavefur Dómsmálaráðuneytisins )〕 It was a member of the International Pirate Party, but was not associated with Pirate Party Iceland. Jón Gnarr announced that the party was to be dissolved after he stepped down as mayor after the upcoming local elections in May 2014. Many of the Best Party's members have joined Bright Future, although Jón himself stopped political participation. The founder and chairman of the party was the former Mayor of Reykjavik Jón Gnarr.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kosningavefur Dómsmálaráðuneytisins )〕 The party was founded several months after the Icelandic parliamentary election in 2009, and competes on the national level as the Bright Future party, led by MP and Best Party Vice President Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir. Bright Future currently holds six seats in the Althing. The party's initial success is seen as a backlash against establishment parties in the wake of Iceland's 2008-2011 financial crisis.〔("Satiric political party wins council poll in Iceland" ), Indo-Asian News Service, May 30, 2010. (accessed 24 January 2012)〕 ==History== The Best Party was founded in late 2009 by Jón Gnarr, an Icelandic actor, comedian and writer. Originally a joke party, it from the beginning stated that it would not honour any of its election promises. It claimed all other parties are secretly corrupt, and promised to be openly corrupt. Among its original goals was to satirize common themes in Icelandic politics, partly by mimicking the standard phrases, idioms and jargon used by Icelandic politicians. However, since its electoral success in Reykjavík in 2010, the Best Party became more serious. It began to show a genuine interest in governing, and took a left-wing stance on many issues. Although Jón Gnarr identifies himself as an anarchist, the party as a whole was closer to the centre-left.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Icelander’s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected )〕 Since its founding, the Best Party developed into a full-grown political party with its own independent agenda. The theme song of the Best Party was ''The Best'', by Tina Turner. Prior to the 2010 election, the party published a new version of the song with new, Iceland-specific lyrics. A (music video ) was also made, featuring Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir.〔 In late 2012, the party founded Bright Future with independent MP Guðmundur Steingrímsson, in order to contest the 2013 national parliamentary election. Jón Gnarr, by then Mayor of Reykjavík, and Óttarr Proppé, a Reykjavík City Councilman, were candidates for the new party in that election.〔 The Best Party’s Managing Director Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir is also the chairwoman of Bright Future.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Best Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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